Mom made the mistake of asking me about my book within the sushi restaurant
This was fine at first, I explained to her the setting, 700 years in the future, on the moon
I explained to her the race of giant space worms with human faces which share the moon colonies with human settlers,
She began to look nervous about how this would go on
I explain the worm religion, a mixture of several Christian/Catholic beliefs
I do not know how to respond (how would he get crucified?)
I continue explaining the research I put in to designing the colonies, the other settings and, namely, the Wormmen
I explained the anatomy of the Wormmen, specifically an organ I call the oviforma, which is where the Wormmen eggs develop
This, my friends, is where things got bad.
I explained to her that Wormmen reproduced asexually because namely I didn't "know how to explain worm sex in my book" or describe how their intercourse is different from humans, just generally gross
At this point my mom's head is in her hands and she's laughing, she says "The baby behind you is covering his ears"
I suddenly remember the family of 5 closely seated behind us